Seeing Spots

 

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Jumpsuit: City Chic chiffon

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Bag: Sussan vinyl

Necklace: Oxfam Shop silver, malachite

Hinged Bangle: Oxfam Shop silver

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Ring: The Rock Shop silver, malachite

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If you read this blog on a regular basis, you'll know that polka dots are a perennial favourite. Equal parts classic & cutesy, polka dots - particularly monochromatic - really make a statement & I've even taken it up a notch with a wide-legged jumpsuit with ruffled neckline from City Chic. I've styled it up with a pair of black vegan leather dual buckle heels from Kitten D'Amour, black vinyl shoulder bag from Sussan to carry all the essentials & some of my most beloved jewellery pieces - a silver & malachite choker necklace & silver hinged bangle from Oxfam Shop that were purchased for my high school formal more than twenty years ago, stack of vintage Mexican silver bangles from some dear friends who now reside overseas & finally, a silver & malachite cocktail ring from (sadly now defunct) The Rock Shop in Brisbane City to complete the look.

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A Good Vintage

 

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Dress: Vintage Sally Browne via New Farm Antiques dupione silk

Booties: Wittner patent leather

Bag: Gift, Sage Moon Vintage 1990s beaded

Necklace: Gift, Etsy vintage 1960s beaded

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Finally sharing all of the pictures of this utterly stunning vintage colour-blocked pink, red & blue dupione silk drop-waisted 1980s-does-1920s dress by Australian designer Sally Browne that I picked up from the New Farm Antiques Centre, taken at one of my all-time favourite haunts in the historical town of Ipswich, the Orchid Society Greenhouse at Queens Park where the plants & flowers have begun blooming for springtime! I've styled up the dress with a pair of shiny black patent pointy-toed booties from Wittner for a modicum of height, a vintage 1990s black beaded handbag with pink floral embroidery from Sage Moon Vintage to carry all the essentials & finally, added a long, glass beaded necklace from the 1960s (gifted by a dear friend & discovered at a sweet little boutique on Etsy) to complete the look. 

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When your dress perfectly matches the flowers in the hedge outside, there's really only one thing to do... & that's pose beside it!